Quarantine at the US Open: Zverev is staying, Simon is playing, Tiafoe is converting
The tennis pros have arrived in New York. Or rather: in the hotel and on the complex. How do they pass the time? We looked around on Twitter.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Aug 18, 2020, 11:27 am
"Extreme" was one of the terms Novak Djokovic chose well in advance of the US Open. 28 days "only" hotel and tennis, in the best case - or as the common tennis fan might say: There are worse things. Especially since you can assume that reasonable room service, a rich TV and streaming program and the personal masseur will take care of the rest.
And it seems that the stars have thought about how they can kill their time in the New York Garden Hotel in the best possible way. What's a dollar or two more for excess baggage ..?
In any case, Gilles Simon , known as a philosopher and extremely clever mind in the tennis business , is probably symbolic of some others. If you can conclude from the Corona early days, when almost every male tennis professional should have made some progress in matters of FIFA. In any case, Simon tweeted briefly: "Pret pour la tournee US" - "Ready for the US tour". And presented his personal selection for the PS4. A tennis game? Incidentally, is not included.
Frances Tiafoe seems to be more physically active. He gave permission for a tour of the room and evidently dragged some with him to New York. On the Maria Sharapova doping confession memory carpet we see: a small golf course. Plus the shoes from the 30-year-old Agassi edition. And of course - Tiafoe is the biggest Le Bron James fan in the tennis business: a basketball hoop on the door. With best regards to the colleague in the room below.
Maybe his name is Alexander Zverev and that's why he fled? Sascha at least first took care of a healthy tan, probably urgently needed after the quarantine in Monte Carlo (hey). In any case, Felix Auger-Aliassime was already complaining on Twitter with a laugh: "What does he think he's doing? Put a damn shirt on!"
What Zverev then did: When Novak Djokovic was shooting at target (We are impressed!), In any case, he was a bit more covered.